title: Idiopathic colonic calcification: a case report.
abstract: We describe diffuse colonic calcification detected on CT scan of the abdomen in a young female patient who presented to our clinic with vague intermittent abdominal pain of four weeks duration. Her investigative profile was normal and her colonoscopy did not reveal any mucosal changes. Colonic calcification has been known to occur mostly as a result of ischemic phenomenon but the index case had no such features or any other predisposing factor. The patient is currently symptom-free and is following our clinic for the last 8 months. After the review of literature and thorough investigations her colonic calcification remains unexplained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia. ibrahimmasoodi@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Masoodi
authors.forename: Hesham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al-Qurashi
authors.forename: Abdulaziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alfaifi
authors.forename: Jamal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Albishri
authors.forename: Mohd Ashraf
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ganie
authors.forename: Irshad Ahmed
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Sirwal
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Ahmari
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
keywords: abdominal CT scan; calcification; phlebosclerosis